In accordance with the Game Rules, the cultural statuses of the nations are listed below. Players in Culturally Protected nations are bound by section 6 of the rules on culture, whilst players in Culturally Open nations are not.

As can be seen, some of the Culturally Open nations have Nation Descriptions, but these are only advisory and are not enforced. Bear in mind that some of the Culturally Open nations which were once Culturally Protected are linked to old Cultural Protocol bills, but this does mean those Cultural Protocol bills are in force. It it simply that the previous Cultural Protocol bill has been treated as the Nation Description.